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‘TAKE 5’ DREAM NEWSLETTER #6: 3/14/17-THE ‘QUEST FOR THE TRUTH OF MY INSANITY’ TAKES ME TO THE CAPITAL BUILDING IN CARSON CITY, NV.

March 14, 2017August 29, 2023

‘TAKE 5’ DREAM NEWSLETTER #6: 3/14/17-THE ‘QUEST FOR THE TRUTH OF MY INSANITY’ TAKES ME TO THE CAPITAL BUILDING IN CARSON CITY, NV. PASSION WILL BE EXPLORED. THE SAGA OF BASIC HS BASEBALL PROGRAM CONTINUES. IF THESE TOPICS INTEREST YOU, PLEASE KEEP READING. IF NOT, THANK YOU.

(Editors note-This is the enhanced version of our Nick Feher ‘TAKE 5’ Foundation Facebook page post 3/14/17)

During the time that has passed since my last ‘Dream Newsletter’ #5, spending moments in my ‘Fishbowl’ here in Henderson, NV, has provided me ‘Blessings and Revelations’. The word ‘PASSION’ took center stage as my readings of Aristotle continued.

Aristotle claims that when one practices ‘virtues’ all the time, this practice creates ‘PASSIONS’ for the Game of LIFE. These ‘PASSIONS’ then assists in our ‘Happiness’. Everyone including Aristotle has his or her own definition of ‘Happiness’.

This post is about 10,400 words. Slowly chew and swallow in one setting, or choose multiple settings.

What is PASSION? Wikipedia writes:

“PASSION (from the Greek verb πασχω meaning to suffer) is a very strong feeling about a person or thing. Passion is an intense emotion, a compelling enthusiasm or desire for something.

Passion may be a friendly or eager interest in or admiration for a proposal, cause, discovery, or activity or love – to a feeling of unusual excitement, enthusiasm or compelling emotion, a positive affinity or love, towards a subject.

Denis Diderot describes passions as “penchants, inclinations, desires and aversions carried to a certain degree of intensity, combined with an indistinct sensation of pleasure or pain, occasioned or accompanied by some irregular movement of the blood and animal spirits, are what we call passions”.

KYLE FIELD AND THANKSGIVING DAY—11/24/16

December 16, 2016August 27, 2023

KYLE FIELD AND THANKSGIVING DAY—11/24/16

While driving to College Station from Fort Worth Texas, time alone in one’s car permits for reflections. Three legs of my 2016 College Football Pilgrimage had been completed. For those of you reading this and missed the other two previous stories short titled, “Darrell Royal Stadium”, and the second one “TDECU Stadium and Amon G Carter Stadium”, they are located in the Sections titled Pilgrimages and/or College Sports-Football, or scroll down the Homepage and check recent posts.

As I was reviewing the many ‘Blessings’ that were bestowed upon me, two really had a major impact on me. Remember a ‘Pilgrimage’ is “A journey out of one’s everyday life to a sacred site and return home, during which time a transformation has taken place”.

My home in Henderson, NV awaited me upon my return the Saturday after Thanksgiving. However, the ‘forces’ in Texas had already begun my transformation. Many, who shared my Pilgrimage with me, blest me with a safe and healthy journey. As I thought about the many ‘Blessings’ that were created, the two that affected me the most were:

* Meeting 4 West Virginia Faithful who watched me play in the Greatest College Football Game at Pitt Stadium. It was Pitt 36-West Virginia 35. For the complete story, see “Darrell Royal Stadium”

* Having a ‘Random Act of Kindness’ created for me by Amon G Carter Stadium. That can also be found in the story “TDECU Stadium and Amon G. Carter Stadium”.

TDECU STADIUM CONTRIBUTES TO UPSET 11/17/16–AMON G. CARTER STADIUM CREATES ‘BOLTS OF STUPIDITY’ & ‘A RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS’—11/19/16

November 30, 2016August 27, 2023

TDECU STADIUM CONTRIBUTES TO UPSET 11/17/16–AMON G. CARTER STADIUM CREATES ‘BOLTS OF STUPIDITY’ & ‘A RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS’—11/19/16

After leaving Austin, Texas on 11/16/17, my camp was moved to Columbus, Texas for my visit to TDECU Stadium, home of the U of Houston Cougars. Even though it was located about 75 miles away from the Stadium, the proximity would shorten my drive to Fort Worth, Texas.

There would be no pre-game ritual for TDECU Stadium since it was a ‘Side Dish’ for my Pilgrimage. I would pay homage to those that have come before me on game day.

My stop in Columbus provided some rare ‘Blessings’. One never knows what awaits them on a Pilgrimage. For this post, a slightly different format will be used. Snippets of information will describe certain photos as the story is told.

The Motel Manager at the Columbus Inn was very helpful with her Texas charms. As a native of Columbus, history was shared with me. A couple of places made my stops, others remained a story. Columbus, Texas was the sight of the first court ever held in the state, the tree stump still remains. That did not make my list of stops.

This pic of the largest documented living Oak Tree in the state of Texas did.

DARRELL K. ROYAL-TEXAS MEMORIAL STADIUM HARBORS APPREHENSION–11/12/16

November 20, 2016August 27, 2023

DARRELL K. ROYAL-TEXAS MEMORIAL STADIUM HARBORS APPREHENSION–11/12/16

The University of Texas would be the starting point on my 2016 College Football Pilgrimage for four games of College Football within an 18 day period. Two travel days make up the agenda. My Pilgrimage began on Wednesday, 11/8/16 and will end upon my return home on Saturday, 11/26/16.

The main goal of each Pilgrimage and travels is to return home safely and in good health. Any and all things that I encounter are as Marcus Aurelius says ‘are there to entertain me’. For I have no control over outside forces, but only how I respond to them. I hope to leave more than I take.

My College Football Pilgrimages were ‘Inspired’ by my friend Greg who lives in Houston, Texas. During a Pitt Football game at the ‘Morgue’ disguised as Heinz Field on a Thursday night during September of 2010, Greg surprised me with a ticket for the Temple @ Penn State game on Saturday.

It had been many years, since my previous visits to Beaver Stadium as a player and Grad Assistant Football Coach for Pitt University. The Stadium had gone under numerous renovations increasing its size from 60,000 to over 100,000. Though once yearly rivals, Pitt and Penn State had not played in a football game for many years until this year.

DAVID PERRICO & HIS MINSTRELS–A FESTIVAL

August 8, 2016August 27, 2023

WELCOME TO OUR NEW FORMAT. PLAYIN YOUR DREAMS AND‘TAKE’ 5 WILL BEGIN ITS NEW ‘THE ROAD NOT TAKEN’. WITH OUR NEW MISSION STATEMENT IN OUR PREVIOUS POST, I AM GRATEFUL AND EXCITED FOR OUR NEW DIRECTION. WHEN THE FORCES DICTATE, WE WILL BE SHARING AND PROMOTING THE DREAMS OF OTHERS IN CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF OUR WEBSITE.

Forces have dictated this new path. During my journey since the physical passing of Nick, I have discovered that when outside forces move you, it is more harmonious to flow with them than to fight against them. How many times have you done otherwise?

Even though, we find these outside forces frightening as they push us into the world of the unknown, we can learn to use these forces to shape the dreams of our lives. There is no age limit on dreams. However, how one treats oneself as one journey through life will have an effect on future dreams as one age.

Your daily decisions should be based on the following 3 simple principles.

YOU ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN THE WORLD.
YOU ARE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND.
WHEN IN DOUBT, REMEMBER TO ‘TAKE 5’. ASK YOURSELF TWO QUESTIONS.
1. WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?
2. WHAT CONSEQUENCES CAN THERE BE?

Only you can protect your dreams. If you do not, others will then shape them for you and ensnarl you within their dreams. Your life will become dreamless with no directions or goals. Besides protecting one’s dreams, one must also be willing to promote and share their dreams with others.

A dream is just a wish, if it is not written down. A dream is just a wish, if it is not shared with others. Do all dreams come true? No. It could be a sign that a different dream is needed to achieve the results that one seeks.

Life is just about results. There are no winners or losers in this Game called ‘Life’. Each person has the ability to PLAYIN YOUR DREAMS.

This post is about 11,000 words. A maiden voyage awaits me as I will attempt to embed musical treats from these Minstrels and others throughout the post. It looks simple, but it will be new to me. As a back-up plan, in a formal audience, I have asked the ‘Siren of Song’ for her ‘Blessings’ on my voyage.

As we parted after her two fantastic sets the previous time. She blest me with a ‘Smile’ and an embrace. She then placed another gift in my hand. It was a slightly filled bottle of water she used.It now sits next a photo of Rudy. Mike Guido in red, arranged for Rudy to speak to our classes during our time at Las Vegas HS. We both shared his video of Inspiration and Dreams to our students. She told me that within the bottle was her air. Her air carried the musical notes of her soul. If obstacles appeared now or in the future on my journey, I was to open the cap and let the air mixed with her musical notes fill my room.

She told me for that moment, I could visit a favorite place in my mind and that might overcome my obstacle. Use as much as I needed or wanted, she said, for the bottle would automatically replenish itself for an unlimited supply.

The sound and video of the ‘Musical Treats’ vary. You the reader can decide on its message. Most the videos will showcase the Minstrels as one very large Orchestra during their performance at the Cabaret Jazz, in the Smith’s Center in June of 2016, Other clips are from the last few months at The Lounge in the Palms Casino as David Perrico’s Pop String Orchestra.

THIS POST IS DEDICATED TO ALL WHO PLAYIN THEIR DREAMS. IT IS ALSO DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO SHARE AND PROMOTE THE DREAMS OF OTHERS. THIS STORY HAS BEEN WEAVED INTO PREVIOUS POSTS, BUT FORCES NOW DICTATE THAT IT BE COMBINED AND SHARED IN ONE POST.

A MID-SUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM CELEBRATION A PILGRIMAGE-6/17/16

July 5, 2016August 27, 2023

IT WAS AS BILL SHAKESPEARE DESCRIBED IT “A MID-SUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM CELEBRATION”. MARILYN MONROE IS QUOTED, “SOMETIMES GOOD THINGS FALL APART, SO BETTER THINGS CAN FALL TOGETHER”. OUR THANKS GO TO MANY OF YOU.

As I was swimming in my ‘Fishbowl’ in ‘Ye Olde’ Henderson, NV on the night of Tuesday, June 14, 2016 off into the distance, I heard a bell. The bell was a signal from my cell phone that an email had been sent to me.

Prior to this bell, as I floated in my ‘Fishbowl’, I was trying to connect the dots from where The Nick Feher ‘TAKE 5’ Foundation started to the ‘The Road Not Taken’ beginning at 6:30pm Friday night. A new relationship was to be started with ‘no guarantees’. Another relationship would go separate ways. (CAUTION THIS POST IS 10,500 WORDS)

This other relationship had completed seven years. Forces dictated that it was now time to part. It is normal to reminisce as one moves forward on the journey of life. This is an excerpt of last year JUNE 2, 2015 letter that I sent to the HLL.

*After the physical passing of Nick on November 27, 2007, and through the generosity of the ‘YE OLDE” Henderson Community, and others, a Memorial Scholarship Fund was set up in his memory. The original purpose of this Fund was to honor one senior baseball player from Basic HS who exemplified “DO YOUR VERY BEST”.Read More »»»